Date of publication: April 19, 2006
Source: The Patriot-News
Author: Tom Dochat
Excerpt from article:
The Hershey Co. won't have to disclose its cocoa suppliers, shareholders overwhelmingly voted yesterday.
Global Exchange, a nonprofit human rights organization based in San Francisco, wanted Hershey to disclose the suppliers to determine if the company might be exposed to some risk because it purchased cocoa from companies that have been named in a federal lawsuit over child slavery conditions on West African cocoa farms.
Shareholders rejected the Global Exchange proposal, with 13.4 million shares voting in favor of the resolution and 709.6 million shares against...